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Streisand's last Performing?

Barbra Barbra Streisand, who set a single-concert box office record on New Year's Eve, says she's performed her last concert for the masses.

"This is the last time I'm going to do any kind of concert," Streisand told TV Guide after the performance. "I don't like performing. I feel like I'm in a pageant, like I'm 18 and strutting[1] around on stage."

On top of that, she says, both the public and the media have contributed to an image she simply doesn't appreciate[2]. "They're making me into a diva, and I like to be a normal person," she says.

Regardless whether or not she takes the stage again, one thing is clear: Streisand won't need to. Streisand's fans shelled out a total of $14,694,750 to hear Babs croon 1999 away.

 

    

 

注释：

1. strut：
说到趾高气昂，你会不会想起一种动物——公鸡或是孔雀？像孔雀在草地上昂首行走。（A peacock strutted on the lawn.）由此引发我们现在经常也用它来形容人：He strutted the streets like a gaudy fighting cock.（他在街上大摇大摆到走像是一只绚丽好斗的公鸡。）

2. appreciate：
感激、欣赏。我们在对人表示感谢的时候常用到：I appreciate it a lot，对别人的帮助表示感谢。此外还有受到重视、赏识也是可以用到这个词的：They deeply appreciated his thoughtfullness.（他们对他的周密体贴深表感谢。）

  
 
 

 

　　于元旦夜创下单场演唱会票房记录的芭巴拉·史翠姗（Barbra Streisand）日前提到，这是她最后一次开演唱会。

　　“以后我也不再举办任何形式的演唱会了，”这是史翠姗在演唱会之后接受“电视指南”杂志采访时说的话。“我不喜欢表演。我感觉自己就象在露天剧场表演，象一个只有18岁的少女，在舞台上神气活现地转来转去。”

　　她说，最重要的是，不论是媒体或是公众，都将一个她一点儿也不喜欢的形象强加到她头上。“他们把我变成一个首席女歌手，但我更喜欢做个普通的人，”

　　不管史翠姗是否还会继续登台演唱，有一点是可以肯定的，那就是她根本不需要那样做。仅1999一年中她的歌迷就花了$14,694,750，来倾听她的浅唱低吟。